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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 13/09/2026

The first Saturday without out heat advisories or storms in what seems like forever, so I used it to finally tackle the now two invasive Chinese tallows rapidly growing in the empty lot behind the house. Not on my watch! 🪚💀

A hand is see holding branches of a Chinese tallow tree.

The Chinese tallow tree is highly invasive in Louisiana and will outcompete native species. It also grows rapidly and is extremely weak, so it’s the worst line of defense against hurricanes.

A tallow tree has been growing in this empty lot behind the house for as long as I’ve been here, and I try to cut it down at least once a year. Now there are two tallow trees, because that’s how quick they spread. And so I chopped up both of them. This is only a temporary solution, but it’s the best one I’ve got.

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 05/09/2026

I took a break of watching lions on the livestream to watch Turning Point: 9/11 Generation and I also ran out of sertraline yesterday, so now that my anxiety is up to 110%, I’m going back to watching lions acting like giant house cats.

Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 05/09/2026

My obsession with watching African wildlife livestreams continues into the weekend.

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 04/09/2026

The cuteness is too much 😭😍😭

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 03/09/2026

Isn’t LA Wallet a product of ID Scan.Net? If so, I guess we can all rest assured that our information was leaked years ago, and is not a new cause of worry. 🥴

Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 03/09/2026

Seriously, can we not get the giraffes raised water bowls

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 03/09/2026

It’s the first time in years that I’ve actually been warm in my office!

Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 02/09/2026

I’m assuming he recently retired because all of his work attire was in the bins. Pass on my congratulations if you see him! 😄

Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 02/09/2026

I’m obsessed with branded clothes I find in the bins at the New Orleans East Goodwill outlet, and brought Mr. Blanchard’s jacket to work today because my office is absolutely freezing. I realize now that someone might think I’m here to fix the broken elevators.

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 01/09/2026

These lion cubs are little menaces. They’re tormenting the whole pride. 🤣

Two lion cubs use another lions tail as a toy

The cubs try to play tug of war with another lion’s tail

Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 01/09/2026

There are so many lions on the livestream right now www.youtube.com/live/XsOU8Jn...

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ol Donyo Lodge | Wildlife Live Stream – Kenya

YouTube video by Africam

Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 01/09/2026

Today on the camera, these three little lion cubs are wrestling and playing with each other. Two of them were using mom’s tail as a toy but then they tried to start a tug-of-war and mom wasn’t happy. 🫠 I have died from cute. 🥰

Two lion cubs wrestle and play with their mom’s tail

Lion cubs at a watering hole with their mom

Lion cubs wrestle - they’re just like house cats!

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These two elephants keep scrapping with each other and I so desperately want to yell at them like I yell at my cats, “BREAK IT UP!”

Two elephants with long tusks are seen facing off in this live stream

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I’m back to watching the live streams from Africa using my iPad as a third work monitor.

A giraffe, three elephants, and a water buffalo are see in a screenshot from a live camera streaming from Africa.

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I do think it’s kind of hilarious that my teacher just put on a VHS copy recorded from the TV with the commercials and sex scenes sloppily edited out and called it a day on that whole period of American history.

The title card for the 1985 TV miniseries North & South with Patrick Swayze and James Read.

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 30/08/2026

I just finished this through the Libby app, and this is much much different from what I was taught in my fifth grade class (Florida panhandle) when we studied that whole war over “states’ rights” by watching the television miniseries North & South.

A book cover showing a ship on a raging sea with the title, “The Zorg. A Tale of Green and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery,” by Siddharth Kara.

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If anyone needs to stock up on sunscreens, including face sunscreens, the Chalmette Walmart (and probably other Walmarts) has many brands on clearance. I got some Cetaphil and Cereve face sunscreen for $3 each.

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How have we not developed straws for giraffes yet?

Two young giraffes are stretching to reach a water hole while two other giraffes look on.

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There’s also audio along with the video and it makes for peaceful background noise.

We’re off to a strong start today.

A live stream from Moela Safari of an African river, and an elephant and herd of zebra can be seen.

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Roll call for all the animals I saw on Africa wildlife cameras yesterday: lions, elephants, water buffalo, rhinoceroses, hyenas, giraffes, monkeys, antelope, and many, many birds.

I was watching that yesterday!

Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 26/08/2026

First screen: what I’m actively working on Second screen: email and Teams Third screen: a trio of young lions play wrestling

Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 26/08/2026

I started using my iPad as a third screen at work this week since I’m in a windowless office, and my new favorite thing is Explore.org live-stream cameras.

A livestream from Africa showing an elephant hanging out with some lions.

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 23/08/2026

Which southern state do I need?

A sweatshirt showing the rolling hills and mountains of Alabama

A sweatshirt showing the palm trees and mountainous volcanoes in Florida

A sweatshirt showing the soaring mountaintops of Mississippi.

A sweatshirt showing the volcanos in South Carolina.

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 23/08/2026

It’s well represented at Sam’s.com

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 23/08/2026

Saw this on Facebook and now I’m here at Sam’s telling myself I don’t need this sweatshirt just because it’s so ridiculous.

A blue sweatshirt with a graphic of mountains and tall trees and with the words “Louisiana: The Bayou State.”

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Haha, she needs a name!

I’m hoping the rest holds up! It was the first tree I ever planted in the yard, and I think I planted it a little too deep to begin with, so it might not have a great foundation.

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Well, it’s a good thing that I bought a new mini chainsaw this week because that storm broke half of my redbud tree in the front yard.

Half of a red bud tree on the ground while the other half remains upright.

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 21/08/2026

From about 30 minutes before the storm. Now as the power keeps going off and on, I’m like, “Does that sky look green to you?!?!”

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Thank you! I haven’t gotten around to getting a new microwave, but I will likely do that this weekend and I’ll let you know if I run into trouble!